Office of Emergency Management

City of Boulder and Boulder County, CO

For updates on emergencies, click the Emergency Status button below.

The Boulder Office of Emergency Management (OEM) plans, coordinates and supports a wide-range of activities that help prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters and large-scale emergencies, while also reducing vulnerabilities to hazards.

Emergency warning sirens testing scheduled

The Boulder Office of Emergency Management, in partnership with Boulder County and the City of Boulder, will begin audible testing of the countywide emergency sirens at 10 a.m. on Monday, April 2. The test is the first of the monthly emergency audible siren tests, which take place each year on the first Monday of each month from April through August. For more...

Emergency Messages Sign up

Sign-up at www.boco911alert.com to receive messages about imminent threats and hazards by text message, email, and/or on your cell, home or work phone. For more ...

Emergency Preparedness Guide

Download the Boulder OEM Emergency Preparedness Guide, which provides a comprehensive view on how to prepare for the possible risks and hazards in our community. For more ...

Employee Emergency Information

The All-Hazards Alert System (AHA) is a way of quickly determining the current threat level of an emergency, and a basic idea of the nature of the threat using the common green, yellow and red symbols. For more ...